Collegiate Start Recommended Courses

Students are eligible to take up to two courses per semester (8 semester hours). Below are a sample of approved Collegiate Start@Elon courses. Special permission must be obtained through the office of Collegiate Start@Elon to take a course not listed below.

ART – 4 sh. course

ART 1120 Fundamentals of Design

BIOLOGY – 4 sh. courses

BIO 1012 – Topics in General Biology (Corequisite: BIO 1013 Cell Biology Laboratory 1sh.)

CHEMISTRY – 4 sh. courses

CHM 1110 – General Chemistry I (Corequisite: CHML 1110, laboratory component)

CHM 1120 – General Chemistry II (Prerequisites: CHM 1110 and CHML 1110. Corequisite: CHML 1120, laboratory component. Offered spring only)

ECONOMICS – 4 sh. course

ECO 1000 – Principles of Economics

COMMUNICATIONS – 4 sh. courses and 2 sh. courses

COM 1000 – Communications in the Global Age

COM 1100 – Media Writing

IDS 1150 – Public Speaking 2 sh.

COMPUTING SCIENCES – 4 sh. courses

CSC 1300 – Computer Science

ENGLISH – 4 sh. courses

ENG 1100 – Writing: Argument and Inquiry

ENG 2210 – British Literature I

ENG 2220 – British Literature II

ENG 2230 – American Literature I

ENG 2240 – American Literature II

FOREIGN LANGUAGE – 4 sh. courses

Foreign Language studies include: French, Spanish, German, Chinese, Italian and Greek. Courses range from elementary to advanced levels. Course offerings vary by semester.

The Department of Foreign Language offers language placement exams in French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Placement exams are required prior to registration to help determine appropriate course placement in the language. Contact the Department of Foreign Language for more information and to schedule an appointment: 336.278.5620; languages@elon.edu. For more information you may also visit the World Languages & Cultures Language Requirement & Assessment website.

GEOGRAPHY – 4 sh. courses

GEO 1210 – Global Physical Environments

GEO 1310 – The World Regions

HISTORY – 4 sh. courses

HST 1110 – Europe and the Mediterranean World to 1500

HST 1120 – Europe and Mediterranean World Since 1500

HST 1210 – United States History Through 1865

HST 1220 – United States History Since 1865

HST 1230 – The U.S. and North Carolina Since 1865

MATHEMATICS – 4 sh. courses

MTH 1510 – Calculus I

MTH 2510 – Calculus II

PHILOSOPHY – 4 sh. courses

PHL 1100 – What Can We Know?

PHL 1120 – How Should We Live?

PHYSICS – 4 sh. courses

PHY 2010 – General Physics I (Labs included)

PHY 2020 – General Physics II (Labs included)

POLITICAL SCIENCE – 4 sh. courses

POL 1110 – American Government

POL 1410 – International Relations

PSYCHOLOGY – 4 sh. course

Psychology 1000 – Introduction to Psychology

RELIGION – 4 sh. courses

REL 1000 – Religion in a Global Context

SOCIOLOGY – 4 sh. course

SOC 1110 – Introductory Sociology

STATISTICS – 4 sh. Course

STS 1100 – Introduction to Statistical Reasoning

WELLNESS AND HEALTH EDUCATION – 2 sh. course

WHE 1110 – Contemporary Wellness Issues